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3000 a cappella a cappella - solo acoustic Alex Hargreaves - lead vocals Band Intro banjo banjo fiddle duo banjo harmonica duo banjo jawharp duo banjo/banjo duo bass solo Billy and Brian only Billy Failing - lead vocals Billy Strings & Béla Fleck duo Billy Strings and Alex Hargraves duo Billy Strings and Jarrod Walker Billy Strings on banjo, Jarrod Walker on guitar, Alex Hargreaves on fiddle Billy Strings solo Billy Strings solo clawhammer banjo Billy, Jarrod, Alex trio Billy, Lindsay & Ronnie only blackout Chris Henry on Mandolin and Billy Strings on Guitar clawhammer electric False start festival festival fiddle fiddle tune medley Full band around single mic with Chris Henry on Mandolin Full band; Billy Strings on vocals, Jarrod Walker on guitar guest - lead vocals guitar guitar duo harmonica incomplete instrumental Jarrod and Billy duo Jarrod on Guitar, Billy on Mandolin Jarrod Walker - guitar Jarrod Walker - lead vocals late night Martin 1946 D-28 Royal Masat - lead vocals single mic solo televised unfinished unplugged with Chris Henry on Mandolin Without Billy Failing

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Q: What are tags?
A: Tags are a way to add consistent notes to songs.

Q: When should I use tags?
A: Tags should be used for "notes" that can apply to multiple songs or performances. A good tag would be "clawhammer", to apply to all songs that Billy plays on his banjo. A bad tag would be "Streaker ran across stage" - since this has only happened once (thank goodness).

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Secrets

Billy Strings

Renewal (Album)

It’s something cold like what I stuck around to fight through
And it gets feeling tougher every day
I feel like everybody likes to run their mouth but
Can’t decide on what it is they’re tryin’ to say
There’s nothing wrong with hearing voices
Even when they’re in your dreams
And if you’d listen in tomorrow could be better than it seems

I used to think I couldn’t even count my blessings
But now I know they’re few and far between
And when I look at my reflection in the mirror
I can see some man I’ve never even seen
The wasted life I left behind me
Was just a war I couldn’t win
I’m the devil’s guest of honor that’s the best it’s ever been

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

I know a man whose pain is heavy like an anchor
And it drags him to the bottom of the sea
His cloudy eyes are often lost behind a daydream
Or frozen in some broken memory
I’ve never heard him speak about what happened
He’ll never say what laid him low
There are secrets that we carry that are ours to bare alone

You said a love that’s kept in secret dies in darkness
And a soul needs to confess to be set free
So I’m lifting back the cover of my heart, dear
And hoping that you’ll do the same for me
It’s not too pretty, but it’s open
It’s the only way I know to tell you true
I’d walk the world alone before I’d ever walk away from you

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

If you can link your value to your wallet or a key chain
Or a locked wrought iron fence around your yard
Living check to check, a skinny tie around your neck
On stolen time and borrowed numbers off a card
You blink and life is left behind you
There’s no escape, that’s just a fact
We’re all a dollar short and
Every one of us is running out of track
Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

Total plays 97
Total teases 0
Percent of Shows 22.45%
Times opened 2
Times encored 2
Sets opened
Set 1 2 times
Set 2 8 times
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  • The Fire on My Tongue (10 times - 10.31%)
  • Ernest T Grass (10 times - 10.31%)
  • Dusty Miller (5 times - 5.15%)
  • Bronzeback (5 times - 5.15%)
  • Meet Me at the Creek (3 times - 3.09%)
Songs after
  • Away From the Mire (7 times - 7.22%)
  • While I'm Waiting Here (6 times - 6.19%)
  • Watch It Fall (4 times - 4.12%)
  • Show Me the Door (4 times - 4.12%)
  • Fire Line (3 times - 3.09%)

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